The Film
Rooftop Lempicka
The Story
While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends Ngoc, a club waitress who has just moved in as a tenant in their family home. As their friendship grows, she discovers that Ngoc is secretly a sex worker. Meanwhile, an art book of Tamara de Lempicka’s female nudes, stolen from a bookshop, silently bears witness.
unexpected friendship age gap friendship marginality asian family childhood connection fine arts woman famous painting asian household childhood curiosity nostalgic memory asian cinema girls vietnamese female director women vietnamese woman art déco marginalization girl childhood memory girlhood women empowerment friendship between women sexual curiosity oil painting self exploration sexual discovery asian painting comes to life childhood innocence landlady tenant relationship paintings adult child friendship life on the margin self image sex work loss of innocence fine art painter as artist female sexuality sex worker exploring sexuality portrait painting woman director asian woman unlikely friendship southeast asia vietnamese escort girl sexual awakening childhood friends childhood mysterious woman childhood home urban setting womanhood family pregnant woman art prostitution tenant memory urban sexual intercourse coming of age urban life drawing and painting female friendship house painting asia pregnancy home sexuality prostitute friendship
Runtime
20 min
Released Mar 2025
